Cycle bell



Jan. 25, 1949. M. BRUN GYCLE-BELL lFiled Feb. 26, 1946 lllllllll! .warm/Q I Patented Jan. 25, 1949 2,466,166 CYCLE isLL l Marcelrun, Saint-tienneglirance Abplieationrebuary 26, 1946, 4serial 160,650,211 In France May 23, 1941 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires May 23, 1961 4 Claims.

with respect to said strikers to actuate same in succession.

Still another object of my invention is a cycle bell of the character mentioned, wherein the strikers are supported by a Very yielding elastic member, such as a coil spring, such strikers being moved towards the center of the bell against the action of said members and then suddenly freed, by a boss carried by a common operating lever.

In the annexed drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side View of my improved bell, with section of the domes by an axial plane.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but at right angles thereto.

Fig. 3 is a partial plan view, the upper dome being removed. The dash and dot lines represent the position of the parts when the operating boss passes in front of a striker.

My improved bell comprises a lower inverted dome a carrying a central post b which at its base is secured to the securing collar or bracket c.

On post b is Xed a supporting plate d which carries at e a pivot f for an operating lever y. Plate d also forms at h a hook for attachment of a coil spring i the other end of which is attached at h' to a hook formed on lever y.

The operating lever g is bent and curved at j around the central post b and its end ic is turned upwardly and formed with a boss l projecting towards the central post b.

The strikers comprise a circular body n xed to the lower end of a coil spring o, the upper end of which is held at the end of a bracket p fastened to the central post b.

There is also provided an upper dome m carried by a central nut m' screwed on the central post b. This dome m forms a cover for the bell.

It will be observed that each striker cooperates with a differentl dome and that the domes are adapted to give two different tones.

On circular displacement of lever g against the action of spring z', boss l acts on the rst striker n cooperating with the lower dome a.

This striker is pushed towards the centre, the corresponding coil spring o being bent. And on further movement of boss Z, the striker is freed and strikes dome a. On continued movement of the operating lever y the same action is produced on the second striker n which in turn strikes the upper dome m.

When lever y is released, it is returned by spring i and the strikers are again operated in opposed succession.

For instance the following notes may .be produced:

1. On forward operation, the note doh,

2. On continued forward operation, the note 3. On return movement, the note re,

4. On continued return movement, the note doh.

My invention thus permits of obtaining pleasant accords or discords with four notes for one movement of the finger on lever y.

It will be readily understood that the number of individual strikers may be varied at will.

I claim:

1. A cycle bell comprising a support embodying a post; a pair of sounding domes carried by said post in opposed co-aXial relation with their bases spaced from but substantially close to each other to form a box-like assembly; brackets carried by said post Within said assembly; coil springs supported by the free ends of said brackets in substantially parallel relation to said post; striker members supported by said -coil springs in close .but spaced relation to said domes in the vicinity of the bases thereof, each of said strikermembers being adaptedv for cooperation with but one of said domes; a pivot substantially parallel to said post and carried by same within said assembly; an operating lever adapted for oscillating movement, pivoted on said pivot with one end protruding from said assembly, the inner end of said lever being turned-up and adapted to pass between said striker members and said domes; and means on said inner end to actuate said striker members by pushing same aside from said domes and then freeing them.

2. In a cycle bell as claimed in claim 1, said means comprising a boss formed on` said inner end of said operating lever.

3. In a cycle bell as claimed in claim 1, spring means to return said operating lever to one end of its stroke.

4. In a. cycle bell, a pair of sounding domes in opposed co-axial relation with their bases spaced from but substantially close to each other to form a box-like assembly; means to support said domes embodying a member inner to said box like assembly; an operating lever pivoted to 5 said member# onen-end. of saddroperatx-ig :lever protrudingt immosid: assembiyy' afjplurality oi striker members Within said box-like assembly, each of said striker members being adapted or cooperation with one of said domes; spring means carried by said first-named memberzlto elastically support said striker members in spaced but close proximity of said domesrand aboss on the inner end of saidrgopenatin-gifleverand adapted to pass between said domes and said striker members to push in succession said striker members aside from said domes and then to free them.

MARCEL BRUN.

nli'ttliluam:EsM errrin The following references are of record in the iof-dle of this patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS umher Country Date 5,699 Great Britain, 1890 Apr. 15, 1890 

